Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-12

Eight musicians while rehearsing in the
fourth story of u building at Concord,
y. H., Tuesday night, were caught by
fire in the building, which cut off their
escape by the stairs. They all leaped
from the windows and were badly in
ured.
y Jamaica negro who lately arrived at
San Francisco is seven feet five inches
high, and the development of his body is
in proportion to his height. He is said
to be spelling for fight and to have
whipped all who stood before him i'm
Calcutta.
a beer kettle in Rohes's brewery at
Green Bay, Wis. exploded the other
night, injuring seven men, six of whom
died during the night. The kettle held
20 barrels of boiling water, which poured
over the unfortunate men, literally cook
ing them.
The MASSACHUSETTS cattle commission
ers have notified the board of health of
/ Boston that pleuro-pneumonia has made
its appearance in New York State, and
directs the board to quarantine all cattle
coming there from that State unless they
have special permit.
). b. Turner, editor of the State Capt.
toll, the colored paper of Springfield. ILL.,,
has had arrested the proprietors of a res
taurant who refused to serve meals to
him and two colored friends. The war
I r. n n ho Gto+
il rights law of lSS2.
Several British and American vessels
have been seized by revenue cutter on
charge of engaging illegally in the
Alaska seal fisheries, and taken to Sitka.
The vessels seized last year were ordered
to be restored to their owners, but this
has not been done, it is said.
Senator Sherman, in an interview at
Winnipeg. stated that commercial union
between Canada and the United States
was attracting little attention in this
country, that it was matter for England
and America to settle, and that Roman
Catholic influence at Quebec would I'M
doubtedly be against it.
Millbrook. Graham county. 20 miles
north of Kansas City, Mo-. was almost
destroyed about sundown Friday by a
straight wind, coming from slightly west
of north. The place contains about 800
inhabitants. Only one house. a resi-
dence. escaped serious damage. One per-
son. boy three years old. was killed.
y New Orleans despatch says \ duel
with swords was fought Friday morning
in ST. Bernard parish between Emile Re-
voire, editor of L'Opinion. and Mr.. Lar
rieu. Jr. president of the Club de la DEM
ocratic Francois. Larrieu was severely
wounded in the breast and right hand.
The trouble grew out of an article in
L'Opinon.
The sloop Volunteer won the race of
the New York yacht squadron from Vine
yard Haven to Marblehead reaching the
latter port at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing several miles ahead OF the Mavfiower,
the second yacht. The Volunteer takes
the Morgan prize of $500 for first class
sloops. the Sachem $1,000 in the schooner
class and the Bedouin the $500 offered to
the second class sloops.
Mrs. Owen Hade. living near Etna.
Pa. left her four little children in the
house the other night while she carried
her husbands supper to him. During
her absence the oldest child. Eddie. aged
eight years, took the Oi-can and poured
the fluid in the stove a. he had often seen
his mother do when she started the fire.
An explosion followed and the four chill
dren were fatally burned. the youngest
dying in short time.
There are reports of great damage by
drouth in the Northwest. Within an area
of $1,000 square miles bounded by Madi-
son on the north, Bloomington on the
south. Lake Michigan on the east and the
Mississippi river on the west it has been
nearly ten weeks since rain fell. In
southern Wisconsin there are thousands
of acres where corn will not yield peck
to the acre. The crop has been scorched
and almost totally destroyed Wells
have run dry, and in some towns water
famines are imminent. The drinking wat
er at hand is often polluted and filled
with poisonous germs. Unless rain falls
before many days. the suffering will be
greatly augmented.